Agastya Drinks the Ocean and the Kaleyas Are Slain

Verse 1 (3.104.1)

समुद्रं स समासाद्य वारुणिर्भगवानृषिः । उवाच सहितान्देवानृषींश्चैव समागतान् ॥

samudraṃ sa samāsādya vāruṇirbhagavānṛṣiḥ | uvāca sahitāndevānṛṣīṃścaiva samāgatān

Reaching the ocean, the blessed seer, the son of Varuna, spoke to the gods and seers gathered there together:

Verse 2 (3.104.2)

एष लोकहितार्थं वै पिबामि वरुणालयम् । भवद्भिर्यदनुष्ठेयं तच्छीघ्रं संविधीयताम् ॥

eṣa lokahitārthaṃ vai pibāmi varuṇālayam | bhavadbhiryadanuṣṭheyaṃ tacchīghraṃ saṃvidhīyatām

"For the good of the worlds I am now drinking up the ocean, the abode of Varuna. Whatever you have to do, make ready for it quickly."

Verse 3 (3.104.3)

एतावदुक्त्वा वचनं मैत्रावरुणिरच्युतः । समुद्रमपिबत्क्रुद्धः सर्वलोकस्य पश्यतः ॥

etāvaduktvā vacanaṃ maitrāvaruṇiracyutaḥ | samudramapibatkruddhaḥ sarvalokasya paśyataḥ

Having said only this much, the unswerving son of Mitra and Varuna, in wrath, drank up the ocean while the whole world looked on.

Verse 4 (3.104.4)

पीयमानं समुद्रं तं दृष्ट्वा सेन्द्रास्तदाऽमराः । विस्मयं परमं जग्मुः स्तुतिभिश्चाप्यपूजयन् ॥

pīyamānaṃ samudraṃ taṃ dṛṣṭvā sendrāstadā'marāḥ | vismayaṃ paramaṃ jagmuḥ stutibhiścāpyapūjayan

Seeing the ocean being drunk, the immortals with Indra were struck with the greatest wonder and honored him with hymns of praise:

Verse 5 (3.104.5)

त्वं नस्त्राता विधाता च लोकानां लोकभावन । त्वत्प्रसादात्समुच्छेदं न गच्छेत्सामरं जगत् ॥

tvaṃ nastrātā vidhātā ca lokānāṃ lokabhāvana | tvatprasādātsamucchedaṃ na gacchetsāmaraṃ jagat

"You are our protector and the ordainer of the worlds, O sustainer of the worlds. By your grace the world with its gods will not come to ruin."

Verse 6 (3.104.6)

स पूज्यमानस्त्रिदशैर्महात्मा । गन्धर्वतूर्येषु नदत्सु सर्वशः । दिव्यैश्च पुष्पैरवकीर्यमाणो । महार्णवं निःसलिलं चकार ॥

sa pūjyamānastridaśairmahātmā | gandharvatūryeṣu nadatsu sarvaśaḥ | divyaiśca puṣpairavakīryamāṇo | mahārṇavaṃ niḥsalilaṃ cakāra

Honored by the gods, while the gandharvas' instruments sounded on every side and heavenly flowers were showered on him, the great-souled sage left the great ocean without a drop of water.

Verse 7 (3.104.7)

दृष्ट्वा कृतं निःसलिलं महार्णवं । सुराः समस्ताः परमप्रहृष्टाः । प्रगृह्य दिव्यानि वरायुधानि । तान्दानवाञ्जघ्नुरदीनसत्वाः ॥

dṛṣṭvā kṛtaṃ niḥsalilaṃ mahārṇavaṃ | surāḥ samastāḥ paramaprahṛṣṭāḥ | pragṛhya divyāni varāyudhāni | tāndānavāñjaghnuradīnasatvāḥ

Seeing the great ocean made waterless, all the gods, overjoyed and undaunted in spirit, took up their excellent heavenly weapons and struck down the danavas.

Note on the text: Corrected ्रगृह्य → प्रगृह्य (a lost akshara) and जघ्रुर् → जघ्नुर् (misprints in Wikisource; the critical edition reads pragṛhya and jaghnur); word spacing restored (कृतं निःसलिलं, दिव्यानि वरायुधानि).

Verse 8 (3.104.8)

ते वध्यमानास्त्रिदशैर्महात्मभि- । र्महाबलैर्वेगिभिरुन्नदद्भिः । न सेहिरे वेगवतां महात्मनां । वेगं तदा धारयितुं दिवौकसाम् ॥

te vadhyamānāstridaśairmahātmabhi- | rmahābalairvegibhirunnadadbhiḥ | na sehire vegavatāṃ mahātmanāṃ | vegaṃ tadā dhārayituṃ divaukasām

Struck down by the great-souled gods, mighty, swift and roaring, the danavas could not withstand the onslaught of those swift and great-souled dwellers of heaven.

Note on the text: Word spacing restored (सेहिरे वेगवतां).

Verse 9 (3.104.9)

ते वध्यमानास्त्रिदशैर्दानवा भीमनिःस्वनाः । चक्रुः सुतुमुलं युद्धं मुहूर्तमिव भारत ॥

te vadhyamānāstridaśairdānavā bhīmaniḥsvanāḥ | cakruḥ sutumulaṃ yuddhaṃ muhūrtamiva bhārata

Yet as the gods cut them down, the danavas, with their dreadful roars, fought a very fierce battle for a short while, O Bharata.

Note on the text: Corrected रचक्रु → चक्रुः (misprint in Wikisource; a stray र and a dropped visarga; the critical edition reads cakruḥ).

Verse 10 (3.104.10)

ते पूर्वं तपसा दग्धा मुनिभिर्भावितात्मभिः । यतमानाः परं शक्त्या त्रिदशैर्विनिषूदिताः ॥

te pūrvaṃ tapasā dagdhā munibhirbhāvitātmabhiḥ | yatamānāḥ paraṃ śaktyā tridaśairviniṣūditāḥ

Already burned by the austerities of the sages of perfected soul, they were slain by the gods, though they strove with all their might.

Verse 11 (3.104.11)

ते हेमनिष्काभरणाः कुण्डलाङ्गदधारिणः । निहता बह्वशोभन्त पुष्पिता इव किंशुकाः ॥

te hemaniṣkābharaṇāḥ kuṇḍalāṅgadadhāriṇaḥ | nihatā bahvaśobhanta puṣpitā iva kiṃśukāḥ

Adorned with golden necklaces and wearing earrings and armlets, they shone brightly even as they lay slain, like kimshuka trees in flower.

Note on the text: Word spacing restored (ते हेमनिष्काभरणाः).

Verse 12 (3.104.12)

हतशेषास्ततः केचित्कालेया मनुजोत्तम । विदार्य वसुधां देवीं पातालतलमास्थिताः ॥

hataśeṣāstataḥ kecitkāleyā manujottama | vidārya vasudhāṃ devīṃ pātālatalamāsthitāḥ

Then some Kaleyas who survived the slaughter split open the goddess Earth and took refuge in the underworld, O best of men.

Verse 13 (3.104.13)

निहतान्दानवान्दृष्ट्वा त्रिदशा मुनिपुङ्गवम् । तुष्टुवुर्विविधैर्वाक्यैरिदं वचनमब्रुवन् ॥

nihatāndānavāndṛṣṭvā tridaśā munipuṅgavam | tuṣṭuvurvividhairvākyairidaṃ vacanamabruvan

Seeing the danavas slain, the gods praised that bull among sages with many words and said this:

Note on the text: Corrected मुनिपुह्गवम् → मुनिपुङ्गवम् (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads munipuṃgavam).

Verse 14 (3.104.14)

त्वत्प्रसादान्महाबाहो लोकैः प्राप्तं महत्सुखम् । त्वत्तेजसा च निहताः कालेयाः क्रूरविक्रमाः ॥

tvatprasādānmahābāho lokaiḥ prāptaṃ mahatsukham | tvattejasā ca nihatāḥ kāleyāḥ krūravikramāḥ

"By your grace, mighty-armed one, the worlds have gained great happiness, and by your power the Kaleyas of cruel valor have been slain.

Verse 15 (3.104.15)

पूरयस्व महाबाहो समुद्रं लोकभावन । यत्त्वया सलिलं पीतं तदस्मिन्पुनरुत्सृज ॥

pūrayasva mahābāho samudraṃ lokabhāvana | yattvayā salilaṃ pītaṃ tadasminpunarutsṛja

Now fill the ocean again, mighty-armed sustainer of the worlds. Release into it once more the water you have drunk."

Note on the text: Corrected पूरस्व → पूरयस्व (misprint in Wikisource; a lost syllable that leaves the line short; the critical edition reads pūrayasva).

Verse 16 (3.104.16)

एवमुक्तः प्रत्युवाच भगवान्मुनिपुङ्गवः । तांस्तदा सहितान्देवानगस्त्यः सपुरन्दरान् ॥

evamuktaḥ pratyuvāca bhagavānmunipuṅgavaḥ | tāṃstadā sahitāndevānagastyaḥ sapurandarān

Thus addressed, the blessed bull among sages, Agastya, replied to all the gods gathered there with Indra, destroyer of cities:

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki quote marks (` … ') around the second line and restored word spacing (अगस्त्यः सपुरन्दरान्). The first line is the critical edition's 3.103.16a; the second is not in its constituted text and appears in its apparatus as 3.103.16b*0508.

Verse 17 (3.104.17)

जीर्णं तद्धि मया तोयमुपायोऽन्यः प्रचिन्त्यताम् । पूरणार्थं समुद्रस्य भवद्भिर्यत्नमास्थितैः ॥

jīrṇaṃ taddhi mayā toyamupāyo'nyaḥ pracintyatām | pūraṇārthaṃ samudrasya bhavadbhiryatnamāsthitaiḥ

"That water I have digested. You who have taken up this effort must think of some other means of filling the ocean."

Note on the text: Matches the last two lines of the critical edition's three-line 3.103.16.

Verse 18 (3.104.18)

एतच्छ्रुत्वा तु वचनं महर्षेर्भावितात्मनः । विस्मिताश्च विषण्णाश्च बभूवुः सहिताः सुराः ॥

etacchrutvā tu vacanaṃ maharṣerbhāvitātmanaḥ | vismitāśca viṣaṇṇāśca babhūvuḥ sahitāḥ surāḥ

Hearing these words of the great seer of perfected soul, the gods were all amazed and downcast.

Note on the text: Corrected केतच्छ्रुत्वा → एतच्छ्रुत्वा (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads etac chrutvā).

Verse 19 (3.104.19)

परस्परमनुज्ञाप्य प्रणम्य मुनिपुङ्गवम् । प्रजाः सर्वा महाराज विप्रजग्मुर्यथागतम् ॥

parasparamanujñāpya praṇamya munipuṅgavam | prajāḥ sarvā mahārāja viprajagmuryathāgatam

Taking leave of one another and bowing to the bull among sages, all the beings, great king, went back the way they had come.

Note on the text: Word spacing restored (अनुज्ञाप्य प्रणम्य).

Verse 20 (3.104.20)

त्रिदशा विष्णुना सार्धमुपजग्मुः पितामहम् । पूरणार्थं समुद्रस्य मन्त्रयित्वा पुनः पुनः ॥

tridaśā viṣṇunā sārdhamupajagmuḥ pitāmaham | pūraṇārthaṃ samudrasya mantrayitvā punaḥ punaḥ

The gods, together with Vishnu, after taking counsel again and again about filling the ocean, went to the Grandfather.

Note on the text: Matches the first two lines of the critical edition's three-line 3.103.19.

Verse 21 (3.104.21)

ते धातारमुपागम्य त्रिदशाः सह विष्णुना । ऊचुः प्राञ्जलयः सर्वे सागरस्याभिपूरणम् ॥

te dhātāramupāgamya tridaśāḥ saha viṣṇunā | ūcuḥ prāñjalayaḥ sarve sāgarasyābhipūraṇam

Approaching the Creator, the gods with Vishnu, all with joined palms, spoke to him of refilling the ocean.

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical edition's constituted text (it appears in its apparatus as 3.103.19d*0509); the second is its 3.103.19e.